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This week’s content is about how Noah Kagan acquired over 100,000 users for Mint.com, a talk on building great products in the world of AI, what makes a successful SaaS product and how to align UX with product management.

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READ it because in this post, Noah Kagan shares great tips from his experience of growing to 100,000 users in 6 months while working at Mint.com. No surprise that he believes the first reason for this success was having an awesome product which only makes the job of marketing easier and more effective.

WATCH it because in this video, Azeem Azhar talks about three different types of AI. He also shows well known examples of recent AI success and finally points to three main reasons for why now is the best time for explosion in the AI industry.

READ it because in this post, Hiten Shah co-founder of Crazy Egg shares his best tips for creating a better product by going over how to identify a problem worth solving, how to research your customers as well as your competitors.

READ it because in this post, Interaction Design Foundation dives deep into the interaction of UX and PM. It talks about how the role of the product manager can often clash with the UX role in most places. As a PM you might not agree with everything in there but it’s a great read for building empathy for people you work with.

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